90 THE AGRA GRAPE GARDEN 



that even the shrubs and trees that grew beside 

 them in past times have been replanted, as in 

 the garden of the Vestal Virgins, or the Villa of 

 the Vettii. 



The Anguri Bagh in the Agra fort is the 

 one garden in the three great Mughal palaces 

 left complete with its old stone and marble 

 details; and yet there it lies, bare and empty, 

 with only grass between its masonry, like some 

 great, elaborate, jewelled design rifled of its 

 coloured gems, turning its gaping empty setting 

 to the sun. 



